Water-escape.



PATENTED JAN. 23, 1906.

E. E. PEEEY. WATER ESCAPE. APPLIOATION FILED AUG.Z4, 1905.

UNITED sTATns PATENT onirica.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PERRY, OF TODDS POINT TOWNSHIP, SHELBY COUNTY,ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T O CHARLES BEVER-ALY DAVIS, OF TODDSPOINT TOWNSHIP, SHELBY COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

.WATEF-ESCAPE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 23, 1906.

To @L whom. it may concern: Be it known that I, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PERRY,a citizen oi the UnitedStates, residing in Todds Point township, in thecounty of Shelby and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulWater-Escape, of which the following is a specication.`

My invention relates to improvements in Water-escapes, by which surfacewater is allowed to enter directly'into a tile ditch or 1 f sewer or bywhich thesurplus water from a tank, pond, cess ool, or reservoir may becarried away by a rain-pipe; and the objects of my invention are, iirst,to provide means for carrying surface water from depressions in frozengro'und or hard an soil; second, to prevent the entrance o trash, dirt,or sediment into tile .or sewer, and thereby clogging the same; third,to afford means to keep rodents and other animals out ofthe tile orsewer that might enter through the waterescape; fourth, tol afford acombination of an air-vent and water-escape. I attain these objects bythe device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figurev lrepresents the entire device at'- tached to a tile-ditch embedded in theearth. Fig. 2v shows the several parts of the same, shown detached.

Similar letters refer tosimilar parts in both views. I

. The base-cylinder H is connected directly with the tile or sewer, andfitting closely 'on the inside ot this there is the shorter cylinder I,which is* held in position by having a flanged top resting upon the topof said cylinder II. The said inside cylinder I is provided with ascreen at top D and a screen at the bottom F and also has an opening Ein the side at the base.

The top cylinder B is of considerably larger diameter than thebase-cylinder and is intended to come down over the same, so

. cylinder B.

as to telescope about half the exposed part of said cylinder Il, so asto afford an annular passage between said cylinders. Said top cylinder Bis provided with a removable grating A at the top and is intended toextend above high-water mark, as it is not intended that any water shallenter at the top of said The brackets C C and G G are for the purpose ofholding the said cylinders Il and B- in their relative positions. The

same object may be attained 'by use of posts or piersin event the.device is too`large to ren- .from the fact that most of the trash anddebris remain iioating upon the surface of the Water very little of suchtrash or debris will ever be permitted to get on the inside of the saidcylinder B, and this will be arrested by the said screens D and F ontheinside cylinder` I. These said screens D and F are also for thepurpose of' preventing rodents and other animals from entering the tile,sewer, or drain through the water-eseape. When the wash of sand or thedeposit of silt about the water-escape accumulates to the extent ofreaching up to the base ofthe top cylinder B, the free flow oi waterwill thereby be obstructed, so that none of said silt or sand will becarried or washed into the tile or drain. All the debris and muddeposits may b e reremoving said cylinder B from the posts or piers. Thesaid inside cylinder I may be easily removed, being provided with theopening E, so that any foreign body that'rnay have moved by unfasteningthe. said brackets or found its way therein can be speedily re' moved.

I am aware that prior to my invention simle water-escapes and .simpleair-vents have een used; but I am not aware that they have been combinedas above specified. However,

I do not desire to'elaim such combination too broadly; but What Idoclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by my Letters Patent,isf- 1. The herein-described Water-,escape consisting oi the topcylinder B with the grated top A, the base-cylinder Il, and the insidecylinder I with the screens D and F and the opening E all substantiallyas set forth and for the purposes herein specified.

2, In a water-escape, the combination, with a basecylinder attached tothe tile.-

vdrain or outlet, of atop cylinder havina le suitable means of su pp ortand a remova IOO IOS

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grating, and being of sxifcientlength and dameter to extend abovehigh-Water mark, and to telescope about half the exposed part -of thebase-cylinder aording an annular passage for the escape of the Water as'shown and described.

3. In a. Water-escupe, the combination, 'with e. base-cylinder attachedto the tie, drain -or outlet, and a top cylinder having Suitable meansof support and a removable grating, and being of sufficient length anddiameter to extend above the high-Water mark,

and to telescope about heb? the eposed part of the base-cylinder,affording en annuler passage for the escape of the weterhof an insidecylinder provided with the screens vet either end, and with the engedtop resting on the top of the said bnse-cylndel all subi stantially asset forth.

- I BENJAMN FRANKLN PERRY. Witnesses:

HARRY FOSTER, J. D; GORDON.

